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Subject: RE: [Leica] FOR YOUR ATTENTION
From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 13:54:25 -0500
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020621154906.00ba4e30@pop.runbox.com>

There must be one born every second. Otherwise, telemarketers would not be 
so abundant. I finally bought the "zapper" when I started getting 5 calls a 
night.

At 01:57 PM 6/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>This nonsense far predates the internet - and computers - and television -
>and radio. Wasn't it Phineas T. Barnum, the Sage of Bridgeport, who opined
>that "there's a sucker born every minute?" ;-)
>
>B. D.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffery
>Smith
>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 4:52 PM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: RE: [Leica] FOR YOUR ATTENTION
>
>
>I wonder if he's siphoned enough money out of naive folks' accounts to
>afford an M7. A fellow I work with believes absolutely everything he reads
>on the internet and in email (like all of those silly hoaxes generated
>after 9-11). This Nigerian fellow probably makes a decent living preying on
>people who somehow think that putting something on the WWW makes it true.
>
>
>
>At 04:25 PM 6/21/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Well if Mr. Sani Mambo considers Mr. Lug to be a reliable and reputable
> >person, it's pretty obvious why he has such financial problems! :-)
> >
> >B. D.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of MR. SANI
> >MAMBO
> >Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:57 AM
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: [Leica] FOR YOUR ATTENTION
> >
> >
> >FROM:MR.SANI MAMBO
> >FAX:234-1-7591274
> >LAGOS,NIGERIA
> >
> >DEAR SIR,
> >
> >FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
> >TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING
> >UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. THOUGH I KNOW
> >THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY
> >ONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED, BUT I AM ASSURING YOU
> >THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE
> >DECIDEDTO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS
> >TRANSACTION,AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR
> >DISCRETNESS AND ABILITY IN TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.
> >
> >LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU.I
> >AM MR. SANI MAMBO, CREDIT OFFICER WITH THE UNION
> >BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS. I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY
> >PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO
> >HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES
> >THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT
> >REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
> >
> >THE PROPOSITION:
> >
> >A FOREIGNER AN AMERICAN, LATE ENGR JOHN CREEK (SNR) AN
> >OIL MERCHANT WIH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,
> >UNTIL HIS DEATH TWO YEARS AGO IN KENYA AIR BUS (A310
> >-300) FLIGHT KQ430, HE BANKED WIH US AT UNION BANK OF
> >NIGERIA PLC LAGOS AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE
> >END OF JANUARY, 2002 WORTH USD30, 000,000.00 (THIRTY
> >MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR), THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A
> >NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY. VALUABLE EFFORTS ARE BEING
> >MADE BY THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH
> >WITH ANY OF THE CREEK'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO
> >SUCCESS.IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF
> >NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF LATE ENGR. JOHN
> >CREEK'S NEXT OF KIN, HE HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN THAT
> >IS KNOWN TO US. THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE
> >OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
> >THAT ARANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE
> >DECLEARED"UNCLAINMED" AND SUBSEQUENTLY BE DONATED TO
> >THE TRUST FUND FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO FURTHER
> >ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN
> >GENERAL.
> >
> >IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF
> >MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION
> >TO HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENGR. JOHN
> >CREEK (SNR) SO THAT THE FUND USD30MILLION WILL BE
> >RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE
> >BENEFICIARY'S NEXT OF KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO
> >ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED
> >OUT.WE HAVE SECURE FROM THE PROBATE AN ORDER OF
> >MANDATE TO LOCATE ANY OF DECEASED BENEFICIARIES, AND
> >MORE SO WE ARE ASSURING YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100%
> >RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST
> >BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT
> >PURPOSE. ACCORDING TO AGGREMENT WITHIN BOTH PARTIES.
> >
> >AS SOON AS WE RECIEVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
> >OF THIS MESSAGE IN ACCEPTANCE OF OUR MUTUAL BUSINESS
> >PROPOSAL, WE WOULD FURNISH YOU WITH THE NECCESSARY
> >MODALITIES AND DISBURSEMENT RATIO TO SUITE BOTHPARTIES
> >WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT.
> >
> >IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU DO NOT MAKE
> >UNDUE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRUST WE HAVE BESTOWED IN YOU
> >AND YOUR COMPANY, THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY
> >VIA MY ABOVE  E-MAIL.PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH YOUR MOST
> >CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE,
> >FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE BANK ACCOUNT
> >PARTICULARS SO THAT I CAN USE THIS INFORMATION TO
> >APPLY FOR THE RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER
> >
> >OF THE FUND IN YOUR FAVOUR.
> >
> >THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CORPORATION.
> >
> >YOURS FAITHFULLY,
> >MR. SANI MAMBO.
> >
> >
> >NOTE:
> >MY FAX LINE IS PERMANENTLY ON FAX MODE, AFTER THE MAIL VOICE THEN YOU CAN
> >SEND YOUR MESSAGE. BUT IF ANY BODY PICKS IT UP AND SAY "HELLO"THEN DROP AND
> >TRY. AGAIN UNTIL IT GOES INTO THE MAIL VOICE, AFTER THE MAIL VOICE ,YOU GET
> >THE FAX SIGNAL THEN YOU CAN SEND IT. THIS IS DONE DUE TO ITS
>CONFIDENTIALITY
> >. OR YOU CAN ALSO SEND IT THROUGH MY ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS.ENDEAVOUR
>TO
> >FOLLOW THIS INSTRUCTION FOR SECURITY REASONS BECAUSE OF POOR COMMUNICATION
> >SYSTEM AND THIS BUSINESS REQUIRES HIGH CONFIDENTIALITY AND WE CANNOT AFFORD
> >TO PUT THIS BUSINESS IN JEOPARDY.
> >
> >
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